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. 2014 Jun 27:133–152. doi: 10.1016/B978-0-12-253055-5.50011-6

TABLE 7-2.

Some Viruses of Animals That Initiate Infection via the Respiratory Tract

Family Viruses
Producing respiratory disease
Herpesviridae Most viruses
Adenoviridae Most viruses
Parvoviridae Feline panleukopenia virus, canine parvovirus
Picornaviridae Rhinoviruses, aphthoviruses
Caliciviridae Feline calicivirus
Orthomyxoviridae Influenza viruses
Paramyxoviridae Parainfluenza, respiratory syncytial viruses
Producing systemic disease, usually without initial respiratory signs
Herpesviridae Pseudorabies, bovine malignant catarrhal fever, Marek's disease
viruses
Togaviridae Hog cholera virus
Paramyxoviridae Canine distemper, rinderpest, Newcastle disease viruses
Arenaviridae Lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus